Chicago Bears fan goes viral as 'Cheese Grater Guy' during playoff win against Green Bay Packers

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Talk about going viral in the best possible way, and all it took was a quarter wheel of cheese from Costco and a $9 cheese grater to turn a Southwest Side native into an Chicago legend.

It's been a few days since Brandon Martinez made Bears fan history by becoming the "Cheese Grater Guy" at Saturday's playoff game comeback win against the Green Bay Packers, but Martinez is still flying high and still grating that cheese.

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"The phone can't stay charged," Martinez said. "I have people telling me so and so wants to talk to you. And I'm like, ok give me a second."

It all started in the fourth quarter, when the Bears scored their first touchdown of what until had been a downer of a game.

"That was the plan. Once they scored a touchdown, the cheese was coming out," Martinez said.

It didn't take long before the stadium's camera crew caught sight of him.

"He gave me the signal to do it again, to keep going, so we were shredding the cheese," Martinez said.

He kept going and going.

"We still had some left by the end of the night," Martinez said. "We had three nubs left."

Injuries were sustained.

I nicked two of my fingers, they're good now," Martinez said.

His hands are good enough to still be shredding that cheese, over a pizza and chicken wings lunch Wednesday with friends and family at Angie's. Among those with him was the man behind the cell phone on Saturday.

"Him grating the cheese, we're scoring and the crowd's going nuts and everyone was excited, everyone's happy, everyone's cheering, everyone's trying to grab the cheese. It was amazing," Bears fan Andy Ruiz said.

But while Martinez is enjoying the attention, his focus is now firmly on this weekend's game against the Los Angeles Rams, and he's still living the dream.

A little surprise came his way, courtesy of Miller Lite. Martinez was invited to attend the Bears-Rams game at Soldier Field.

Chicago Bears fan Brandon Martinez went viral, being named the "Cheese Grater Guy" after his appearance at the playoff win over the Green Bay Packers.

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